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Donald Trump buscará robarse todas las miradas con la copa del mundo en la mano: «Es difícil apostar contra Messi»

El presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, asistirá por primera vez a un partido del Mundial en Estados Unidos, pero eligió el de máximo perfil para ser uno de los grandes protagonistas este domingo de la final entre España y Argentina porque entregará el trofeo al ganador junto al presidente de la FIFA, su amigo Gianni Infantino.
Trump llegó al estadio Nueva York/Nueva Jersey y dijo que aunque no tiene favoritos «es difícil apostar contra Messi». «El presidente de Argentina es buen amigo mío, ha hecho un gran trabajo. Pero lo que puedo decir es que es difícil apostar contra (Lionel) Messi», dijo Trump poco antes del partido a Fox Sports.
«No voy a elegir favoritos. Solo se que no apostaría contra Messi. Es grande«, añadió el mandatario.
Entregar la copa es un gesto inédito que le habilitó el líder del fútbol mundial a Trump, ya que los presidentes del país anfitrión no entregan el trofeo. Pero la estrecha relación entre ambos hará que el jefe de la Casa Blanca ocupe el centro de la escena ante millones de espectadores del planeta.
Trump ama estos shows multitudinarios y ya comenzó a darse cuenta de la masividad que tiene el fútbol a nivel global, pero también en forma creciente en Estados Unidos. Es una forma de tomar protagonismo cuando está en un momento de baja popularidad (38%, según los sondeos), empantanado en la guerra con Irán y complicado con el alza de la inflación. En noviembre hay elecciones legislativas y ser protagonista de un evento de tal magnitud lo energiza.
Ya pudo comprobar el año pasado lo que significa, luego de entregar el trofeo del nuevo Mundial de Clubes en el mismo estadio East Rutherford a los jugadores del Chelsea, una presencia en el podio junto a los jugadores que sorprendió. En ese entonces era tal el entusiasmo de Trump en los festejos con los ganadores que hasta el propio Infantino lo invitó a bajarse del escenario para que pudieran sacarse las fotos oficiales.
Trump ha forjado una gran amistad con Infantino, que se ha convertido un personaje habitual en la Casa Blanca y en actos del gobierno estadounidense que nada tienen que ver con el fútbol, como giras por la paz en Oriente Medio. Tanto que Infantino le entregó un «premio de la Paz Fifa» para suplir el Nobel de la Paz que no recibió.
Trump también llega a esta instancia envuelto en una polémica, porque reveló que llamó a Infantino para pedir que se anulara una tarjeta roja que habían sacado a Folarin Balogun, una estrella de la Selección de Estados Unidos. Esa controvertida decisión permitió al atacante disputar el partido contra Bélgica en octavos de final, finalmente ganado 4-1 por Bélgica.
Pese a un aluvión de críticas, el presidente estadounidense consideró que el Mundial 2026 «ha sido quizás el evento deportivo más exitoso de la historia». «Ha sido increíble», se alegró Trump el viernes durante una recepción de la FIFA en la Trump Tower, en Nueva York.
También afirmó que el Mundial ha contribuido a popularizar el «soccer» en Estados Unidos, donde el béisbol, el básquetbol y el fútbol americano se mantienen como los deportes más seguidos. «Se ha demostrado que somos un país de fútbol y creo que se va a mantener», aseguró Trump.
Trump se sentó en el palco de autoridades principales (tras un vidrio blindado) junto con su esposa Melania e Intantino. Atrás se veía al secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio. No se vio a ninguno de sus hijos, pero extrañaba que no estuviera Barron, el hijo menor del presidente, que jugaba fútbol en la secundaria.
El presidente Javier Milei no asistió a la ceremonia y fue representado por el embajador en Washington, Alec Oxenford.
Por España asistirán el Rey Felipe y la Reina Leticia y el presidente del gobierno Pedro Sánchez, que confirmó asistencia a último momento, a pesar de que suele tener fuertes cruces políticos con Trump, que reprocha a los ibéricos de no haber ofrecido ayuda para la guerra con Irán.
También en tensión por cuestiones arancelarias con Washington, los dirigentes de los países coanfitriones, la presidenta mexicana, Claudia Sheinbaum, y el primer ministro canadiense, Mark Carney, estuvieron presentes en el estadio.
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Steve Forbes urges Trump to keep the Strait of Hormuz open at all costs

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Steve Forbes says the United States must double down on efforts to topple the Tehran regime, arguing that free passage through the Strait of Hormuz should remain a non-negotiable American imperative.
As the U.S. struck targets in Iran for a ninth consecutive day on Sunday, pressure on the Tehran regime continued to build. Speaking at Freedom Fest in Las Vegas, the chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes and former presidential candidate sat down with Fox News Digital to discuss Iran and the Trump administration’s foreign policy.
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«Get Iran done with. No more fake ceasefires. Get rid of that evil regime,» Steve Forbes said. (Fox News)
«Going back to Thomas Jefferson, a core foreign policy plank of the United States is freedom of the seas. Freedom of navigation got us into another war with Great Britain, the War of 1812,» Forbes said.
«So we’ve been doing it for over two centuries. The Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, just as the South China Sea is an international waterway. And so we must keep that open.

August 1804: Tracers arc in the sky as ships of the U.S. navy bombard Tripoli in an action against a ruler who supported the Tripolitan (Barbary) pirates. The pirates demanded protection money from all ships and the USA decided to go to war to release their hold on the area. (MPI/Getty Images)
«No tolls, no restrictions, all ships of commerce should have free passage through it unmolested.»
Forbes said that with proper application of air power, boots on the ground wouldn’t be needed, but he would not discard that as an option, bringing the example of the engagement with the Barbary pirates, which brought freedom of navigation to the Mediterranean following the completion of the First Barbary War of 1805.
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The U.S. military has been enforcing a naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, even during the ceasefire. (U.S. Central Command)
«If we do things right in the air, that won’t be necessary. But as we demonstrated with the Barbary pirates, sometimes you do need hand-to-hand combat. But again, with our great military and the great Israeli military, we should be able to bring this evil regime down and enable the elements in the Iranian army that want change to feel we’re not going to pull the rug out from under them with another fake ceasefire. That we keep hammering away at this evil regime.»

A container ship, right, and a cargo vessel are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, June 17, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
Ultimately, Forbes said freedom of navigation should be an international red line:
«So the key thing is, if you don’t enforce these key principles of freedom of navigation, liberty, you’re going to lose them. Ronald Reagan was right. Others have made the same observation. You have to preserve liberty each and every generation.»

President Ronald Reagan gives a speech from the Oval Office of the White House. (Diana Walker/Getty Images)
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Forbes said the time for diplomacy with Tehran has passed, and encouraged the Trump administration to ratchet up the pressure, while also praising a recent decision on Ukraine policy.
«Get Iran done with. No more fake ceasefires. Get rid of that evil regime. By the way, I’m delighted that he’s saying he’s going to give licensing for Patriot missiles to Ukraine. That’ll bring a good result there.»
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FBI boss Kash Patel details how agency and partners secured record-shattering FIFA World Cup

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EXCLUSIVE – Seventy-eight Super Bowls in 38 days. This was the scale of the task facing the Federal Bureau of Investigation going into the first World Cup final the United States has hosted in more than 30 years.
«That’s what we executed on,» FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview detailing the largest commitment of the agency’s resources ever devoted to securing a sporting event – the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
«We’re proud to report that, thank God, and thankfully to the men and women of the FBI and our partners, we had no significant criminal attacks during this World Cup,» Patel said. «And just to put that in perspective, we had 6.5 million people attend the 78 matches in the U.S. across 11 venues.»
Patel said the planning and execution had to be «mathematically precise.»
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Exclusive: FBI Director Kash Patel details how the agency and its partners secured the FIFA World Cup at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., on July 18, 2026. (Leigh Green for Fox News Digital)
The tournament shattered previous attendance records and brought millions of international visitors to the country. The FBI dedicated nearly 5,000 personnel to the effort, including more than 4,000 from field offices, 800 from FBI headquarters and two legal attaché offices, along with support from 59 Homeland Security task forces.
The bureau also conducted approximately 300,000 background checks on players, coaches and other accredited personnel. All told, nearly 7 million fans from all over the world attended World Cup games in the United States, Canada and Mexico, all with no reported major security incidents. In fact, getting into the stadiums often took fans less than 15 minutes for games that averaged more than 65,000 in house.
A defining element of the FBI’s security operation was its aggressive response to the rapidly evolving drone threat. Recognizing that even a low-cost unmanned aircraft could be used to surveil players practicing at the dozens of team base camps around the country, track their movements to and from hotels, probe for security tactics at stadiums or fan zones, disrupt an event or deliver an explosive or chemical device, the bureau treated every unauthorized incursion as a potential threat.
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Exclusive: FBI Director Kash Patel views a large screen filled with data inside the FBI’s Intelligence Coordination Center. Patel praised the agency and its partners that helped secure a record-shattering World Cup. (Leigh Green for Fox News Digital)
«If you’re in the space, we’re gonna take you down. And that’s why we took down over 700,» Patel said. «Some of these folks were maybe borderline nuisances, while many of them were criminal in terms of violations of FAA airspace and also failing to register their drones… We’re not taking any chances.»
The FBI established its first dedicated counter-UAS (unmanned aircraft system) school at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama to train state and local officers in detecting, tracking and intercepting unauthorized drones. Those officers were then deployed on FBI-led ground-intercept teams at World Cup venues, creating a nationwide counter-drone capability built for a threat that barely existed when the U.S. last hosted the tournament in 1994.

Exclusive: FBI Director Kash Patel speaks with personnel at the agency’s Intelligence Coordination Center. Patel praised the FBI and its partners for safely securing the World Cup. (Leigh Green for Fox News Digital)
«We, the FBI, specifically train for the worst of the worst,» Patel said, pointing to the possibility of drones being used to deploy explosives or chemical agents. Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino was instrumental in developing the bureau’s counter-drone program.
That preparation was tested as the World Cup was getting underway, when investigators uncovered an alleged coordinated attack targeting UFC Freedom 250 at the White House.
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Exclusive: An FBI employee works inside the agency’s Intelligence Coordination Center, monitoring threats and coordinating security operations for the World Cup. (Leigh Green for Fox News Digital)
Federal prosecutors allege the suspects planned to use explosive-laden drones to trigger panic and force crowds to evacuate into areas where armed attackers could strike. Patel said the FBI launched a six-state operation, tracked the alleged threat through online communications and began a coordinated takedown «before the first punch was thrown,» allowing the event to proceed without an attack.
Eight defendants have since been charged, although the allegations remain unproven and the defendants are presumed innocent.
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International cooperation was another critical component of the World Cup security operation.
«They’re working overseas in their home locations and giving us information back in real time on any single threat that’s coming in,» Patel said.

Exclusive: FBI Director Kash Patel interacts with personnel inside the agency’s hub that was established to secure the World Cup. (Leigh Green for Fox News Digital)
The FBI hosted the International Police Cooperation Center in Northern Virginia, deploying more than 70 personnel to work alongside officers from U.S. host cities and security officials representing the nations sending teams to the tournament.
The FBI also assembled a Joint Operations Center with foreign police representatives from 46 of the 48 participating countries, allowing investigators to receive real-time threat intelligence from officials who understood their teams, fan bases and domestic security concerns. That information was supported by the FBI’s Intelligence Coordination Center, where more than 400 personnel processed an average of 26 incidents per day and produced nearly 100 intelligence reports for federal, state, local and private-sector partners, according to the FBI.
Patel credited the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup with bringing federal, state and local agencies together under a unified security strategy. Established by President Donald Trump and led by Andrew Giuliani’s team, the task force served as a central hub for interagency planning, intelligence sharing and the rapid deployment of law enforcement resources across the tournament’s 11 U.S. host cities.
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«Like anything in government, to succeed, you need tremendous leadership,» Patel said. «President Trump had the foresight to establish the White House Task Force… and what they were able to do was bring in the interagency, at least at the federal level, and then work with us at the state and local levels through our partnerships and put everybody under one roof.»
Patel said the coordinated structure allowed the FBI to quickly send bomb technicians, evidence teams, tactical operators, SWAT personnel and hostage-rescue capabilities wherever additional resources were needed.
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«President Trump set the standard: Not only were we going to have the largest and safest sporting event in the history of the world, but we were going to make sure everyone had a great time. Those were the marching orders,» Patel said.
He pointed to the social media videos showing international fans enjoying restaurants, pubs, sporting venues and other distinctly American experiences — even joking that Europeans fell in love with ranch dressing.
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«These are small vignettes, but they quantify and qualify how awesome America did,» Patel said. «And I don’t just mean government. I mean the private sector. They came in and partnered with us as well.»

Exclusive: Large screens display data inside the FBI’s command center. (Leigh Green for Fox News Digital)
Patel said those partnerships helped generate billions of dollars in revenue across the country while giving visitors a memorable experience.
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«They wanted not just safety and security, but to show off America to the world,» he said. «And I think we did it brilliantly.»
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